Friday, December 7, 2012

MOOCs for the Rest of Us > Webinar > January 22 2013 > 2PM-3PM ET

Experts from the National Institute for Technology in Liberal Education on the role of online education at a range of institutions.

Massive open online courses (MOOCs) have become the talk of academe, with many colleges and universities debating whether they should start them or join one of the consortia offering the courses. But what of colleges that don’t plan to offer their own MOOCs? Are there ways they can use MOOCs or MOOC-like approaches to enhance their curriculum in ways that are consistent with their institutional missions?

On January 22 at 2 p.m. Eastern Inside Higher Ed presents MOOCs for the Rest of Us, a webinar focused on how colleges can consider these issues. Two experts from the National Institute for Technology in Liberal Education will lead a discussion of:

How to determine the role of online education at institutions of differing missions and finances.
Why MOOC ideas can be applied to offerings that are not massive or open.

Examples of programs that apply MOOC-like approaches for liberal arts colleges, regional state universities or other kinds of institutions.

How to set up new online collaborative programs with other institutions.
How to engage faculty members in the planning and execution of these ideas.

The webinar will consist of a 30-minute PowerPoint presentation and a 30-minute question period.
Important notes: There is no conference call required for this event -- the entire presentation, including audio, is delivered via the web. Your registration entitles you to one connection to the event -- you may gather as many colleagues as you like to view the presentation via one monitor, but only one connecter per username/password combination will be allowed.

This event will be captioned for the deaf and hard of hearing via StreamText.

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The Presenters:

W. Joseph King is executive director of the National Institute for Technology in Liberal Education as well as vice president for innovation at Southwestern University. Previously, he was executive director of Connexions.

Michael Nanfito is associate director of NITLE. He previously served as director of instructional technology at the University of Puget Sound.

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I formerly had primary responsibilities for Collection Development, Instruction, and Reference and Research Services in Chemical and Biological Engineering; Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering; Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering; and Mechanical Engineering; Alternative Energy; Environment Sciences with the Library of Iowa State University. I was employed from April 1987 to July 2014.
Prior to joining ISU, I served as the Museum Librarian at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh, and as an Assistant Librarian with the Library of the New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx, my hometown.
I received my Master of Science degree in Library Science from the University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign in 1975, and my undergraduate degree in Anthropology from Lehman College of the City University of New York, The Bronx.